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   the effect of distraction techniques on pain intensity and acetaminophen received after tonsillectomy in children aged 5-12 years old  
   
نویسنده mousaviasl sajedeh ,naeimi samaneh ,maghsoudi fatemeh ,naderi darekati somayeh ,mosaviasl seideh zahra
منبع evidence based care journal - 2023 - دوره : 13 - شماره : 1 - صفحه:52 -60
چکیده    Background: tonsillectomy is a common painful surgery in children. one of the methods of pain relief is the use of non-pharmacological treatments.     aim: this study was performed with aim to determine the effect of distraction techniques on pain intensity and acetaminophen received after tonsillectomy in children aged 5-12 years old.method: this experimental study was conducted on 75 children aged 5-12 years old from september 2020 to march 2021. the subjects by random allocation method were divided into two intervention groups (1: watching cartoons, 2: listening to music) and one control group. wong-baker faces pain rating scale and the numerical pain rating scale (nrs) were used to report pain intensity. data were analysed by spss software (version 25) and inferential statistical tests, such as wilcoxon, kruskal-wallis, chi-square, and mann-whitney u. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.results: in the intervention group 1, significant difference was found between before and after the intervention in terms of pain intensity (p<0.001). after the intervention, there was a significant difference in the pain intensity and acetaminophen received between the intervention group1 and 2 and between the intervention group 1 and the control group (p <0.001).implications for practice: distraction techniques by watching cartoons reduce postoperative pain and acetaminophen received. therefore, it is recommended that these techniques be used by patients or their caregivers to reduce pain after tonsillectomy.
کلیدواژه acetaminophen ,cartoon ,music ,pain ,tonsillectomy
آدرس abadan university of medical sciences, iran, tehran university of medical sciences, school of nursing and midwifery, department of nursing, iran, abadan university of medical sciences, iran, abadan university of medical sciences, valiasr educational hospital, clinical research development unit, iran, abadan university of medical sciences, valiasr educational hospital, clinical research development unit, iran
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